Cryptotis peregrinus
(C. H. Merriam, 1895)
Oaxacan Broad-clawed Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Soricinae |
| Tribe | : Blarinini |
| Genus | : Cryptotis |
Species status
Authority citation
Merriam, C.H. 1895-12-31. Revision of the shrews of the American genera Blarina and Notiosorex. North American Fauna 10:1-34.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540246Original name as described
Blarina mexicana peregrina
Other common names
Mexican Mountain Shrew
Type material
USNM:MAMM:68317
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30d8f8a8f-9d9c-4e1e-9e45-4ebcfb5a49c3Type locality
"mountains 15 miles [= 24 km] west of city of Oaxaca, Mexico (altitude, 9,500 feet [= 2896 m])." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 16.89°N, longitude 96.88°W."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
Taxonomy notes
ending changed from -a to -us through all of Cryptotis
Taxonomy notes citation
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). 2006. Opinion 2164 (Case 3328). Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia, Didelphidae): Gender Corrected to Feminine, and Cryptotis Pomel, 1848 (Mammalia, Soricidae): Gender Fixed as Masculine. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 63, 282–283.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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